Toe-calk for horseshoes.



W. GORDON.

TOE CALK FOR HORSESHOES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-23,1915.

1,151,354. I Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug, 24, 1915.

Application filed March 23, 1.5- Senial N- 16,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, I'ViLLm .GORDON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toe- Calks for Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in calk attachments for horse shoes and has for an object to provide a simple construction which can be easily applied to and removed from the horses hoof and will when in place be securely held against displacement in any direction and will embody means which will aid in the adjustment of the attachment to hoofs of different size and shape.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in certain peculiar features of construction, arrangement and com bination of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a perspective view showing my improvements applied to a horses hoof. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device removed from the hoof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of a portion of the device. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view looking toward the front of the attachment. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the adjust-able securing screw.

In carrying out my invention I use a toe plate of the general contour shown and having therethrough at each side and at the front center an opening 10 countersunk in the upper face of said plate 10, and having the annular reinforce 10 surrounding the same on the lower surface of the toe plate: within these openings 10 are placed the calks 11. which have flared heads fitting in the countersinks before mentioned; the upper faces of the heads lying flush with the upper surface of the calk plate 10, so that the plate can be slid under the ordinary shoe without trouble, the shoe then holding the calks securely in the holes in the plate and preventing their coming out of said holes. At the rear of the plate 10 an upstanding lug 12 is made which is provided with a threaded opening engaged by a screw 13 which has a head at one end, the opposite end adapted to engage and bear against the rear of the shoe 14 to prevent movement of the plate. Extending upwardly from the plate 10 at the front edge and at each side of the front center of the plate are the arms 15 which are preferably narrower at their upper ends where they are secured to a metal band 16 through the slots 17 therein by the rivets 18, the metal band being preferably of flexible sheet metal, curving rearwardly and provided at the rear extremities 19 with the links 20 through which the strap 21 made of webbing is passed, said strap being provided with the buckle 22 by means of which the webbing may be held in place; securely fastened to the inner face of the webbing strap, is the leather guard strip 23 which will {it against the rear of the horses hoof and having a certain stififness will prevent the strap 21 from working under the shoe; the band 16 is made. of flexible metal so that it can be bent at the ends to fit a. straight-or flat hoof, the arms 15 can also be bent so that the band 16 can be adapted to fit any shape of hoof, the slots 17 in said band permitting various adjustments with out binding of the parts. Ihe strap 21 through its buckle holds the attachment to the front of the hoof, while screw bolt 13 being forced against the shoe 14 prevents any forward motion of the calk plate, and with the aid of the arms 15 also prevents lateral movement in either direction; the screw bolt 13 also permits of the device being used with varying widths and styles of horse shoes as the range of adjustment is considerable, especially so as the band 16 is flexible and adjustable as are also the arms 15. Furthermore the shoe bears directly on the enlarged tops of the calks 11, they being on an arcuate line substantially corresponding to the arc of the toe of the horse shoe: thus while the calk attachment is fastened to the hoof the calks cannot come out from any cause; but should one or more of the calk pins become broken or worn the attachments can be quickly removed from the hoof and the remaining portions can be instantly removed from the plate and replaced by perfect pins.

It will thus be seen that I provided a simple, cheap and efiicient toe calk attachment which can be quickly applied to and removed from the hoof when the occasions require, and one which can be used in conjunction with any ordinary form of horse shoe, and with various forms and shapes of hoofs.

'I claim:

1. A horse shoe attachment comprising a calk plate, arms extending upwardly therefrom, a hoot band having slots and slidably engaging the upper ends of said arms, and adapted to embrace the hoof at the front and sides and means for securing the ends of the band at the rear.

2. A horse shoe attachment comprising a toe calk plate to be Worn with a horse shoe, arms extending upwardly from said plate, a hoot band having slots engaging said arms, a threaded connection with the upper ends of the arms, a threaded lug at the rear end of the calk plate, and a screw bolt guided by said lug and adapted to engage the shoe at the toe portion and lock the calk plate thereto, and a strap secured to the rear ends of the hoof band to secure it to the hoof.

3; A horse shoe attachment comprising a toe calk plate adapted to be worn with a horse shoe, said plate having an arcuate row of circular countersunk openings therethrough, circular calk pins fitting in said openings and adapted to be held in place by the horse shoe, flexible arms integral with and extending upwardly from said plate, a

flexible hoof band having slots engaged by the upper ends of the said arms, a Webbing butfiush, a screw bolt guided in said lug,

flexible arms-extending upwardly from said plate at each side of the front center, a flexible hoof band having slots engaged by r the upper ends of said arms, an adjustable strap connecting the rear ends of the hoof band, and a guard strip adapted to fit between the strap and the rear of the hoof.

WILLIAM GORDON.

WVitnesses:

J. BRYANT GORDON, ANNETTA SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0." 

